So a lot of the changes that are introduced by taking estrogen sound pretty cool. Kinda goes without saying in this community, but I’ll say it anyway, and you can’t stop me.
- Softer skin (fuck yeah)
- Bodyhair growing thinner (fuck yeah)
- New bodyfat gets placed where other women have it too (actual shape-shifting, how cool is that)
- Reduction in testicular volume (does that mean they won’t be in the way all the time anymore? Sounds great, actually. Fuckers only exist to get squished when I want to sleep on my side. Absolute design flaw.)
What I’m not quite understanding yet is the effects on muscle mass.
Do you lose existing muscle mass?
Do you decrease the potential for future muscle growth?
Or is it both, even?
Either way, I guess I’ll shift more focus to lower-body excercises to counter-act my shoulders. The Glutes are by far some of the most important muscles in the history of humankind, after all.
So anyway, I hope you’re all doing good, and have a nice weekend
Love your enthusiasm. You make it sound exciting. I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with myself and you make it sound a lot less scary. Thank you Miss brainfart 🙂
I’m glad to see that I’m able to help you feel better about it^^
I’m not going to lie, it is a bit scary to think about it. Getting the diagnosis from a therapist, with which I can then get the prescription for hrt, that I will have to take to an endocrinologist who will have to check what’s best for me and my body…
Whatever the procedure is in your country, it’s a big step to take, and it’s perfectly okay to be afraid. We’re only human, after all^^
But god damn, are hormones fascinating :D
So much about our body and mind is regulated by hormones, it’s incredible what they do for us, every single day :D